Canine Kids, LLC

04/25/2025

Dogs, like every animal, just want to feel safe.

It's a basic need that must be met.

It strengthens bonds, reduces anxiety and allows them to live a happy comfortable life free of fear and discomfort.

This is really the bare minimum we can do for them.

04/24/2025

LOL!!!!

04/24/2025

Yep, some dogs too, like humans, can be introverts.

04/24/2025

Never punish a growl!

04/23/2025

Said very well.

If you are going to have a dog, you are going to have to make sacrifices. You cannot expect to have an animal that was designed to live primarily outside and bring it into your house and not have to make changes or adjustments. A dog is not an ornament, a commodity or a display. A dog is an animal. You are sharing your life with another species. This is life with a dog.

Your yard will not be pristine. The grass will get burned from their p*e. Holes will be dug, bushes shredded, mud will come in the house. You cannot ask them to not p*e in your house and then also try to control even their outside bathroom. Please see how unfair this is. This is life with a dog.

You house will need management. Your counters will need to be clear. Shoes will need to be put away. Laundry room blocked. Kids toys picked up. Some things will get destroyed anyway. This is life with a dog.

They will bark at noises. They will protect their territory. Sometimes fiercely. They will not welcome strange people into the home easily even if you “know them” because this is in their genetic DNA. They don’t understand family gatherings and they don’t always see things the way we do. They won’t love playing with every dog they meet. This is life with a dog.

They will need enrichment and work and productivity. They will need training that is kind and fair and consistent and then maintenance to maintain that training. They will need guidance and coaching and lots of reinforcement to help them perform unnatural behaviors against their natural phenotypes. This is life with a dog.

They will mature and change and modify in their likes, behaviors and preferences as they age. Their behaviors aren’t guaranteed. They are not robots and they can be mercurial as they grow into their own personalities. They are allowed to change their mind and shift naturally just as we do. They need to be seen for what and who they are, not what and who YOU want. This is life with a dog.

Life with a dog is not a human right. It is a privilege and a responsibility and an education. They are animals and should be treated and expected to behave as such. That doesn’t make them any less loved or family members and it doesn’t make them any less deserving of respect, in fact it makes them more so.

Enjoy your life with a dog, and help them enjoy life with a human.

- Helen St. Pierre

04/08/2025

I am co-teaching this incredibly informative class!!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Thinking of getting a new pup? Or enjoying the one you just brought home but feeling a tad overwhelmed? Come join our upcoming in-person 90-minute class on everything you need to know to transform your new pup into a well-behaved dog in the first 90 days!

You'll want to ensure you avoid making the 7 mistakes we'll share that most do that could lead to even more overwhelm, frustration and problem behaviors!!

This is a no doggo event. Please share or tag a new doggy parent below and save your seat today.

Register here: https://getpawsitive.as.me/7mistakestoavoidwithyournewpup

04/04/2025

Have a new puppy or an adolescent? I'm here to help you!!! Come join me with my group classes under Get Pawsitive Dog Training!!!!!

03/26/2025

03/11/2025

A very trustworthy, incredible organization that is in need of help! No amount is too small. Every senior dog deserves the help easing into the final chapter of their life. This is not a time to discard man/woman's best friend! Thank you fpr anything you can do!!!!

Folks, we need help. We are at the bottom of the barrel financially right now and need help. We cannot take in or help any more old dogs until we are above water and it’s been an incredibly expensive and exhausting few months. Between diagnostics and end of life care and all the medications on top of overhead we are really struggling.

If you can’t donate - can you share our mission? Every penny goes towards the care of these discarded, surrendered or transferred senior hospice animals and giving them the best possible end of life they could ask for. It’s a labor of love and passion and we would do anything for them.

If youve done facebook fundraisers we only get those at the end of every month, in one lump sum.

Funds we can access immediately can come through PayPal on our site -

Www.olddogsgotohelen.com/donate

You can also mail any donations to

83 range road, Epsom, nh 03234

Thank you so much❤️
- Helen and Jake

02/27/2025

Love the husbandry training and use of a reward marker, a clicker, in this!

02/21/2025

Come join me and Sarah Surritt for a very helpful and informative session on Tues., 2/25, from 6-7:30pm.

Don't forget to grab your ticket! Come join us for a fun, interactive, and educational 90-minute in-person event on Tuesday, February 25th at 6pm!

Patti, Get Pawsitive's trainer, and I will break down the reasons behind common unwanted behaviors and teach you simple, effective techniques to stop the behaviors you don’t want and encourage the ones you do. You’ll leave with positive practical tools you can start using right away!

🐾 Hosted by Get Pawsitive Dog Training in partnership with Rancho Coastal Humane Society

📍 Held at their brand-new, state-of-the-art Learning Center in Encinitas

💙 A portion of all proceeds supports the animals at RCHS!

This is a people-only class (no dogs, please).

🎟️ Spots are limited—sign up now! →
https://www.pawsitivepuppytrainingacademy.com/februarytrainingclass

📢 Special Discount for Rescues & Shelters! If you work or volunteer with a rescue, shelter, or foster organization, email support@getpawsitive with your organization’s name for a special discount coupon!

We’d love to see you there! Let’s make training fun and effective—together.

04/30/2024

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